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Storing dynamic data in Excel

Storing dynamic data in Excel

Storing dynamic data in Excel

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I have imported dynamic data from an external application to an Excel spreadsheet.  The data is constantly changing automatically and I want to trend it on a chart.  

How can I sample and store this data in a column or row so I can build a chart with it?  



Appreciate any ideas that don't involve heavy VBA.

RE: Storing dynamic data in Excel

Try to use named ranges. For example the data will be placed in column A. Go to insert-range-define, name range as data1, in the place for range address type

CODE

=offset(A1,0,0,count(A:A),1)
then click ok. Modify this formula to accomodate exact location of your data. When specifying chart series don't forget to type the sheet name

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=sheet1!data1
. If the other columns have the same length then name next range  

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data2 = offset(data1,0,1)
.

Hope it will do!

RE: Storing dynamic data in Excel

Yakpol's solution to updating the chart is very nice. To update the data in your spreadsheet automatically, look in the menu for Data/Get External Data/New Database query.

Cheers,
Joerd

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